Tag: Rhonda Cooley
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Appeal Filed in Fitzpatrick Case
“THE GRAND JURY IS WHAT MAKES US A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 9, 2015) — On Thursday, a 25-page appeal was filed with the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Division, on behalf of CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.), who was convicted last June of “aggravated perjury” and “extortion” after he brought…
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Hearing for Walter Fitzpatrick to be Held on Monday Morning
WITH SAME JUDGE WHO DECRIED “CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 19, 2014) — A hearing in which the attorney for state convict CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) will ask for a new trial and for an “arrested judgment” will be held on Monday morning at 10:00 a.m. EDT in the McMinn County, TN…
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McMinn County Circuit Court Clerk Offers Numerous Excuses for Why Recording of Fitzpatrick Sentencing Hearing Can’t Be Released
…AT LEAST TO THE POST & EMAIL by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 23, 2014) — On Monday, The Post & Email followed up its request for an audio recording and typed transcript from the sentencing hearing for CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) on August 19, 2014, during which Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood was heard to…
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Update: Audio Recording and Transcript are “Property of the Court”
THEN WHY ARE THEY NOT IN THE COURT’S POSSESSION? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 6, 2014) — In an article dated September 5, 2014, The Post & Email detailed difficulties encountered in obtaining public records under Open Records requests in the state of Tennessee over the last two weeks. As of 1:00 p.m. EDT on Friday,…
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Why Is Obtaining Records From Local and State Governments So Complicated?
NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE ANSWERS…OR WANTS TO SUPPLY THEM by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 5, 2014) — For two weeks, The Post & Email has sought copies of surety bond certificates for court clerks in McMinn and Monroe Counties, TN by means of an Open Records request. The mandatory response period for open records requests…
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9:00 a.m. Fitzpatrick Hearing Postponed until 10:00 a.m.
AND NO AFTERNOON HEARING? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 16, 2014) — The Post & Email heard minutes ago from an attendee at a scheduled hearing in the case of State of Tennessee v. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, 14-CR-69, who informed us that a 9:00 a.m. hearing on a Motion to Quash Subpoena filed by Atty.…
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Why Did District Attorney General Bebb Resign Early?
“NOTHING I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF IS TRUE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 10, 2014) — On Monday, June 16, a hearing will be held in State of Tennessee v. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, 14-CR-69, to determine if the Tenth Judicial District should pursue the case or if a special prosecutor should be appointed. Fitzpatrick’s attorney,…
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Compromised Tennessee Judge Refuses Fitzpatrick’s Request for Restraining Order Against Grand Jury Foreman
FOREMAN THREATENED TO HAVE ARMED SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ARREST HIM…BUT FOR WHAT? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 17, 2014) — On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. local time, CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) filed a request for a restraining order against McMinn County grand jury foreman Jeff Cunningham at the McMinn County courthouse. The…
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Tennessee County Grand Jury Cannot Confirm it Functions Legally
“THIS IS NOT A QUESTION FOR THEM TO DECIDE” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 22, 2012) — On Tuesday, August 21, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III went to the McMinn County courthouse to request a meeting with the grand jury to report evidence of corruption. In May, Fitzpatrick located laws passed in 1984 still listed as current…